A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of India, with new records and description of one new species Author Pešić, Vladimir Author Chatterjee, Tapas Author Bordoloi, Sabitry text Zootaxa 2010 2617 1 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.197964 92b8222c-9e7a-4036-bbba-d741bf871912 1175-5326 197964 Atractides ( Polymegapus ) diversus Cook, 1967 Records from the study area: Maharashtra—Cook (1967); Prasad (1974) . Habitat: Seepage areas. Distribution: India . Atractides ( Polymegapus ) minutus Walter, 1928 ( Fig. 3A–C ) Records from the study area: Punjab—“ Megapus minutus “ Walter (1928) ; Prasad (1974) . Material compared: NHMB : Megapus minutus Walter, Ƥ labelled as " Typus ", Vorder-Indien, col. Chappuis XII/80 . Remarks: The re-examination of the holotype of Atractides minutus lodged in NHMB reveales that the Vgl-3 are separate (not fused with additional glandularia on each side [probably Vgl-4?] as it is illustrated in Walter 1928 , Fig. 18). Atractides minutus closely resembles A. davecooki (see Pešić & Panesar 2008 for diagnostic differences between these two species). Additional differences (added after the re-examination of the holotype of A. minutus ) which separate these two species include a stouter P-4 ( Fig. 3B ), a shorter and stouter I-L-5 ( Fig. 3C ) and the sclerotized excretory pore in Atractides minutus ( Fig. 3A ). Habitat: Mountain streams. Distribution: India .